The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-25

anu the ueIenuantS were to KING Ia Eng
fish when l went up. Muller would not
let me get near them. When they were
talking they did not have hold of Dias.
ID. LokanO, sworn, stated-Last Satur-
day evening l was at the Palace. l both
heard and saw a disturbance. 1t was at
the corner of Hotel and Richard streets.
first heard the policeman's whistle, and
that was what made me go over. heard
| shouting first, and then the policeman's
whistle. The direction of the noise was
| mauka of me. 1 looked at my watch; it
was half-past II. l was told the electric
light would be put out at L O'Clock.
heard the whistle while in the Palace
yard. l walked faster than usual; came
out of the Palace grounds by the Richard
street gate. l saw people moving about
up the street, and went in that direction.
! walked as far as Mrs. Conveys gate, and
! there saw number of white men. l stood
there and looked, and then saw two po-
llcemen coming along with Creighton.
There seemed to be considerable excite
ment anfOhg the crowd l stood there
and watched to see who had been making
the trouble. Kamaka called out to me and
asked what L was doing; why 1 did not
| render assistance. | told him l was ready
when called upon. | saw Dowsett and
| Whitney there, but not Widemann. Dow
| sett was talking and making great deal
| of noise. Nearly all of his talk was in
! English, and l did not understand it.
After Muller had been arrested / saw
Dowsett come out from among the crowd
! and take hold of Dias, who was behind
! Muller, by the shoulder. Kamaka said,
ARREST DOwsett." Dias and Dowsett had
a scutfle on the street. I did not touch
the Consul (Muller.) had hold of Creigh-
ton, when policeman came up with
horse and took charge of the animal. 1
| thought it better to have a horse for a
| prisoner than a man. A half-white came
up on horseback; he went up to the crowd
and l also took his horse. Looking back
l saw Dowsett and Dias on the ground l
! afterwards saw Robinson among the
crowd, which was moving towards the
! gate. There was not less than fifteen
white men there. At first [ saw four
| policemen. There must have been ten al
| together. Three of us held the little man
! (CreightOn) If fresh policemen had not
come along the crowd would have got
away with the first lot. These young men
cleared inside the gate as soon as they saw
| the policemen were increasing. There
were several strangers looking on. Dow
sett took very active part; he was quite
| conspicuous in the affair. 1t looked as if
DOwsett wanted the policeman to go lnte
the yard. l do not think the gate had
been broken. The policeman wanted his
hat. There was one man inside the gate
|. with long coat on; he found it. Dias
lost his badge, and they looked for it, but
could not find it. Policeman Dole came
along and advised them to keep quiet. The
man with the long coat advised Dowsett
to keep quiet. He acted as if he was
| drunk, for he made more noise than
DOwsett did. AS they were talking the
electric light went out.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Hatch-The
search for the badge was made inside the
gate. l held Robinson's horse until he
came and took it, A little while after !
saw him on it. [The witness here identi-
fed Robinson. While I was holding the
horse no one interfered with me. 1t was
not necessary for four men to hold Creigh-
ton. understand English very little.
did not hear him ask what he had been ar
rested for. Muller was in charge of a
policeman with Dias behind. When Dow
sett took hold of Dias the latter turned
round and got hold of Dowsett by the
arms. DoWsett said he did not want to be
arrested he wanted to go and help the
Consul. Dowsett talked English and Dias
Hawaiian. L think Dowsett struck the
policeman. 1t is only an idea. l do not
know whether Dlas had a badge on when
Dowsett came behind him. l knew Dias
was a policeman. When l got up to the
corner 1 saw Creighton was under arrest.
After Robinson got off his horse he ran
into the crowd to see after Dias. did not
see what he did. No one interfered with
Robinson then as l know of Kamaka
was running all round with his whistle in
his mouth. Kamaka had hold Of Creigh-
ton for a short time. He was very much
excited. l myself was excited as there
was large number of people there be-
long to Kamalo, Molokai 1 have been
here about eight months, principally walk
ing about. Sometimes l ride to change
the Inonotony.
The prosecution here rested.
THE DEFENSE.
Mr.. Hatch opened the defense by calling
IL. NJ. Whitney, Jr., who, being sworn,
stated was at MulIer's Saturday even
ing. Messrs. Hatch and Whiting left first.
The others started two or three minutes
later. After we left the door of the house
we went slowly towards the gate, Muller
with us. We were struggling along. When
we reached the gate there were two horse
men outside. Whether they had been [
waiting or just come up do not know. One |
of our crowd said, Il wonder who these |
men are" There had been no noise of
any kind, only ordinary conversation.
Some of us were on the sidewalk when that
remark was made. Dowsett said, why,
that is the fellow that hauled up Tony and
us the other night" One of the men,
Robinson, answered and SAID, Eyes, Jack
Dowsett, 1 know you" He used an oath,
damn or God damn, am not sure which.
Robinson said, II want to get hold of you. p"
Dowsett told him to come along. Dias
~, on caD,a mn on 9Said ssT will fight Won